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Can I read The Atlas of Disease : Mapping Deadly Epidemics and Contagion from the Plague to the Zika Virus on EtoBox?
The Atlas of Disease : Mapping Deadly Epidemics and Contagion from the Plague to the Zika Virus by Sandra Hempel is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Atlas of Disease : Mapping Deadly Epidemics and Contagion from the Plague to the Zika Virus about?
Behind every disease is a story, a complex narrative woven of multiple threads, from the natural history of the disease, to the tale of its discovery and its place in history. But what is vital in all of this is how the disease spreads and develops. In __The Atlas of Disease__, Sandra Hemple reveals how maps have uncovered insightful information about the history of disease, from the seventeenth century plague maps that revealed the radical idea that diseases might be carried and spread by humans, to cholera maps in the 1800s showing the disease was carried by water, right up to the AIDs epidemic in the 1980s and the recent Ebola outbreak. Crucially, __The Atlas of Disease__ will also explore how cartographic techniques have been used to combat epidemics by revealing previously hidden patterns. These discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and shaped the course of countless lives.
Who reads The Atlas of Disease : Mapping Deadly Epidemics and Contagion from the Plague to the Zika Virus?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sandra Hempel
- Publisher
- White Lion Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781781317907
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Medical, Science, History
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (114 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14